Name

MikroElektronika

Legal name

MikroElektronika d.o.o.

Website

https://mikroe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Embedded Development Tools

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

API Development, Integration & Microservices Modernization (BPAEAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Application Processors & Microprocessors (MPUs/CPUs) (HDAHAJAB), IoT, Sensors & Embedded Systems (Arduino/Raspberry Pi) Programs (EDAMADAI), Hardware & Embedded/IoT Programming (Microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi) (EDAMACAL)

Keywords

• Embedded development tools
• Microcontroller add-on boards
• Firmware development kits
• Programmer debugger hardware
• Integrated development environments

Headquarters

HQ city

Belgrade

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Click Boards and Hardware Products: Sale of modular add-on boards (Click boards) across 11 categories including wireless connectivity, sensors, motor control, power management, and more. Also includes development boards, starter boards, programmers/debuggers (CODEGRIP, mikroProg), MCU cards, smart displays, and accessories.
2. NECTO Studio IDE and Compilers: Sale of NECTO Studio IDE licenses and legacy PRO compilers (mikroC, mikroBasic, mikroPascal) for PIC, dsPIC/PIC24, PIC32, ARM, AVR, FT90x, and 8051 architectures. Supports multiple programming languages (C, Basic, Pascal).
3. Software Tools and Add-ons: Additional software products including Visual TFT, Visual GLCD, Package Manager, mikroBootloader, MikroPlot, CAN calculator, GLCD Font Creator, Timer Calculator, CODEGRIP WiFi/SSL licenses.
4. Professional Services: Design services, product customization, contract manufacturing, and premium technical support services.
5. MCU Support and Integration (Renesas Partnership): Multi-year MCU development tool support agreement with Renesas, providing IDE and Click board integration for 500 Renesas MCUs, including remote debugging via Planet Debug platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

MikroElektronika (MIKROE) designs, manufactures, and sells a complete embedded development toolchain for all major microcontroller architectures. Its core offering centers on the proprietary mikroBUS standard and includes over 2,000 Click board add-on modules, development and starter boards, programmers/debuggers, MCU cards, smart displays, the NECTO Studio IDE, the open-source mikroSDK, and C/Basic/Pascal compilers. Supporting services include the Planet Debug remote hardware farm and the EmbeddedWiki collaborative project platform.

Product overview

MikroElektronika is an embedded solutions company offering a comprehensive hardware and software ecosystem centered on its Click Boards platform (2,000+ mikroBUS-compatible add-on modules) and development tools. The core product line includes Click Boards for wireless connectivity, sensors, motor control, displays, and power management; Development Boards and Starter Boards (Clicker, MINI, Ready series) for various MCU architectures; Smart Displays; MCU Cards using the SiBRAIN standard; and CODEGRIP/mikroProg programmers/debuggers. The software ecosystem comprises NECTO Studio IDE, mikroSDK software development kit, and Compilers (C/Basic/Pascal). Supporting infrastructure includes Planet Debug remote debugging service, EmbeddedWiki knowledge platform, and ClickID automatic board identification technology. The company also offers product customization and contract manufacturing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Click Boards Over 2,000 compact add-on boards built on the proprietary mikroBUS standardized interface, spanning 11 categories including wireless connectivity, sensors, motor control, displays, power management, interface, mixed signal, storage, audio, HMI, and clock & timing. Used by embedded engineers for rapid prototyping and production design.
• NECTO Studio IDE Integrated development environment for embedded programming, supporting multiple microcontroller architectures (PIC, dsPIC, PIC32, ARM, AVR, FT90x, 8051) and distributed via subscription with a free community tier.
• mikroSDK Software Development Kit Open-source software development kit providing standardized driver libraries and a hardware abstraction layer for 270+ microcontrollers, enabling cross-platform embedded development and code portability.
• Compilers (mikroC, mikroBasic, mikroPascal) Legacy and current C, Basic, and Pascal compilers for PIC, dsPIC/PIC24, PIC32, ARM, AVR, FT90x, and 8051 microcontroller families, sold as perpetual or subscription licenses.
• Development Boards Professional development boards for 8-bit PIC, dsPIC/PIC24, PIC32, ARM, AVR, 8051, PSoC, and RISC-V architectures, equipped with mikroBUS sockets for Click board expansion.
• Starter Boards Entry-level development boards including the Clicker series, MINI boards, Ready boards, and Flip&Click boards for rapid prototyping across multiple MCU architectures.
• CODEGRIP Programmer/Debugger Hardware programmer and debugger supporting multiple microcontroller families, with USB-C connectivity and optional WiFi/SSL add-on licenses.
• mikroProg Programmer/Debugger Programmers and debuggers for PIC, dsPIC, PIC32, ARM, AVR, 8051, and FT90x microcontroller families.
• Smart Displays Touchscreen display modules in sizes from 2.8 to 7 inches with integrated graphics controllers for embedded human-machine interface applications.
• MCU Cards (SiBRAIN) Standardized MCU add-on cards (SiBRAIN for STM32H753ZI, STM32H743ZI and others) that plug into SiBRAIN sockets on compatible development boards, supporting over 200 MCU variants.
• Planet Debug Remote Hardware Farm Remote hardware farm that lets global developers debug code on physical MIKROE hardware over the internet without purchasing development boards, integrated with NECTO Studio IDE and the Renesas Planet Debug initiative.
• Spatial Anchor S1 and R1 Spatial accessory tracking modules for Apple Vision Pro. S1 is a $175 compact unit with a 4-point IR LED constellation, USB-C charging, and a 3.7V 250mAh Li-polymer battery; R1 is a $195 enterprise unit with an 8-point IR LED constellation for enhanced multi-angle visibility.
• Click Shields Expansion boards with multiple mikroBUS sockets that allow several Click boards to be connected to a host system at the same time.
• Click Bundles Pre-configured bundles of complementary Click boards grouped for specific applications and sold at a discounted package price.
• Accessories Supporting hardware including TFT/LCD/LED/E-Paper displays, sensors, antennas, batteries, motors, storage, power supplies, and various connectors and adapters used alongside Click boards and development kits.
• Design Services and Contract Manufacturing Professional design services, product customization, contract manufacturing, and premium technical support services delivered alongside MIKROE's product catalog.
• LTE Cat.1 5 Click (Europe) Cellular wireless connectivity Click board launched June 2026, based on Sequans GC02S1-EU2 3GPP LTE Release 14 Cat 1 bis module, supporting 10Mbps downlink / 5Mbps uplink for European IoT/M2M applications.
• Life Metrics Click Biometric sensor Click board for real-time monitoring of physiological parameters (PPG, ECG, BioZ, EDA) using the ams OSRAM AS7058A analog front-end, targeting wearable health and medical research applications.
• XSENS MTi-8 Click Motion-sensing Click board based on the Xsens MTi-8 module with RTK-enhanced GNSS and inertial navigation, delivering 1cm + 1ppm CEP RTK positioning at up to 100Hz output for robotics, autonomous vehicles, and precision agriculture.
• EnOcean 5 Click Wireless connectivity Click board based on the EnOcean TCM 615 transceiver module, supporting EnOcean Serial Protocol v3 at 868.3MHz with integrated security features for EnOcean-based sensors, switches, and actuators.
• LightRanger 14 Click Direct time-of-flight ranging Click board based on the ams OSRAM TMF8829 sensor, supporting configurable depth map resolutions up to 48x32 zones with an 11-meter detection range.
• BLDC FOC 2 Click Brushless DC motor control Click board using Field-Oriented Control, featuring the Allegro A89307 motor controller with up to 15A output current across 4.4V–30V.
• LR 16 Click Low-power long-range wireless Click board supporting LoRaWAN and proprietary modes for IoT and industrial applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,975 mikroBUS-enabled Click boards available as of June 2026, up from 1,900+ in March 2026, demonstrating continuous portfolio expansion.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and strategic.

• DigiKeycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDigiKey stocks MIKROE's full portfolio of Click boards, enabling global distribution through one of the largest electronic components distributors. The partnership was announced in April 2026 and significantly expands MIKROE's global reach beyond its own e-commerce operations.
• SparkFun ElectronicsregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSparkFun Electronics is a US-based distributor for MIKROE products, making the company's offerings available to the US maker and engineering community through SparkFun's established sales channels.
• Renesas Electronics CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationMulti-year MCU development tools agreement signed January 2026 covering 500 of Renesas' MCUs and upcoming new models. Includes remote debugging via MIKROE's Planet Debug platform, NECTO IDE integration, and Click board compatibility. As of March 2026, 555 Renesas MCUs are supported in NECTO Studio. mikroSDK v2.17.12+ supports Renesas RA2E1 MCUs, with ongoing expansion to RA0E1, RA2E2, RA2L1, RA2L2, RA4E1, RA4E2, RA4C1, RA6E1, RA6T1, and RA8T1 families.
• ApplestrategicTechnology or IntegrationMIKROE developed Spatial Anchor S1 and R1 — the first spatial accessory tracking modules specifically designed for Apple Vision Pro. These modules enable 6-DoF object tracking within visionOS applications, marking MIKROE as an early ecosystem partner for Apple's spatial computing platform.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Arduino: Arduino is the most directly comparable peer: a maker and embedded development platform offering modular hardware shields/boards, an IDE, and a large developer community. MIKROE competes with Arduino for the same hobbyist and prosumer developer audience but differentiates through the proprietary mikroBUS standard and a much larger catalogue of 1,975+ add-on boards.
• Segger Microcontroller: Segger provides the J-Link family of debuggers/probes and the Embedded Studio IDE, which NECTO Studio officially integrates with. Segger competes with CODEGRIP/mikroProg on programmers and competes on the IDE side with NECTO, serving the same professional embedded developer base.
• SparkFun Electronics: SparkFun is both a US distributor of MIKROE and a direct competitor in the maker/embedded add-on board space. Its Qwiic modular ecosystem competes with mikroBUS for standardized connectivity, and both companies sell sensors, breakout boards, and dev tools to the hobbyist/education market.
• Raspberry Pi Foundation: Raspberry Pi (notably the Pico and RP2040) competes with MIKROE's microcontroller development boards in the maker/education market and provides its own IDE and C/C++ SDK. Both companies emphasize rapid prototyping, low cost, and developer-friendly ecosystems, with growing educational penetration.
• Adafruit Industries: Adafruit is a developer-focused add-on board and module vendor serving the maker, education, and embedded prototyping community with extensive learning content. It overlaps with MIKROE in microcontroller peripherals, sensors, and learning-oriented dev kits, though it relies on its own pinouts rather than a standardized bus.
• IAR Systems: IAR Embedded Workbench is a professional compiler/IDE suite for MCU development that directly competes with NECTO Studio and the legacy mikroC/mikroBasic/mikroPascal compilers. IAR targets the same professional embedded developer segment but with a more established base in safety-certified automotive and industrial markets.
• Seeed Studio: Seeed Studio produces modular Grove-system add-on boards and dev kits for IoT and embedded prototyping, mirroring MIKROE's Click-board philosophy. Both companies target rapid prototyping with standardized interfaces, large module catalogues, and integration with MCU vendors.
• DFRobot: DFRobot sells modular add-on boards (Gravity series), dev boards, and educational kits for makers and engineers. Its standardized three-pin interface and large accessory catalogue compete head-to-head with MIKROE's Click boards in the education and prosumer prototyping segment.

Broad incumbents

• STMicroelectronics: ST supplies microcontrollers (STM32) that MIKROE supports and competes in the adjacent dev-tools space via STM32CubeIDE and the X-NUCLEO expansion ecosystem. As an MCU vendor with its own first-party development environment, ST is both a partner (supplying silicon MIKROE kits) and a competitor.
• Renesas Electronics: Renesas is MIKROE's largest disclosed silicon partner (multi-year agreement covering 500+ MCUs) but also operates a competing first-party dev environment (e2 studio). Renesas can pull MIKROE closer via deeper integration or push it out by expanding native tools—a binary risk factor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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